Auditing Login Events with Service Broker
Perhaps one of the most important aspects of running a secure SQL Server is auditing login events – essentially capturing who’s logging in, and who’s attempting to login. Being aware of who’s logging in, and…
Finding Host Names for Failed login attempts!
The Intro If you manage a lot of SQL Server instances, you likely run into failed login attempts quite often. Perhaps you’re even wondering what client machine is causing all those failures. Since most environments…
Obtaining machine names for failed logins
The SQL Server error log contains invaluable details about failed logins, but only if you enable login auditing. Once enabled, the error log will provide the details of logins that failed including the name of…